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b) An officer having charge of the survey of the public lands of a land district. [U.S.] Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.). -- Surveyor's compass. See Circumferentor. -- Surveyor's level. See under Level.

Translucent. [Obs.] The air's tralucent gallery. Sir. J. Davies.

The act of passing over a strait or narrow sea. [Obs.] Sir J. Davies.

A form of hydrometer for liquids heavier than water, graduated with an arbitrary scale such that the readings when multiplied by .005 and added to unity give the specific gravity.

Not near; not close to; at a distance from. [Obs.] Davies (Muse's Sacrifice).

To spring upward; to rise. [R.] Davies (Microcosmos).

shoes. -- Upper strake (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes. -- Upper ten thousand, or (abbreviated) Upper ten, the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. [Colloq.] -- Upper topsail (Naut.), the upp…

I may well show the vanity of that which is reported in the story of Walsingham. Sir J. Davies.

equation of a problem, to see whether it expresses truly the conditions of the problem. Davies & Peck. (Math. Dict.)

Provisions for a journey. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).

es the body which she doth possess, Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. Sir. J. Davies.

ight line moving so that no two of its consecutive positions shall be in the same plane. Davies & Peck.

To have weight; to be heavy. "They only weigh the heavier." Cowper.

d relatively. I do not find the certain numbers whereof their armies did consist. Sir J. Davies. Let it work like Borgias' wine, Whereof his sire, the pope, was poisoned. Marlowe. Edward's seven sons, whereof thyself art one. Shak.

nt And unmatched wit and judgment. Shak. Will puts in practice what wit deviseth. Sir J. Davies. He wants not wit the dander to decline. Dryden.

en you. Ex. v. 18. Whether we work or play, or sleep or wake, Our life doth pass. Sir J. Davies.

be, worthier canst not be. Milton. This worthy mind should worthy things embrace. Sir J. Davies.

ortion of a surface of revolution included between two planes perpendicular to the axis. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.)